Journal: Cell Death & Disease
Article Title: MCL1 inhibition targets Myeloid Derived Suppressors Cells, promotes antitumor immunity and enhances the efficacy of immune checkpoint blockade
doi: 10.1038/s41419-024-06524-w
Figure Lengend Snippet: A UMAP projection of live/CD45+/CD3-/CD19-/CD56-/CD11b+ cells from one melanoma tumor (omental metastasis from 30-year-old patient that experienced progressive disease following 17 cycles of pembrolizumab). B Dot plot depicting the top 10 unique genes that define each of the clusters. C Dot plot depicting genes associated with the MDSC transcriptional profile. D Dot plot depicting the expression of genes in the BCL2 family. E Feature plots showing the distribution of the relative expression of MCL1, BCL2, and BCL2L1 respectively, as clustered in A . F Representative flow cytometric gating strategy for the analysis of MCL1, BCL2, and BCLXL expression in MDSCs from melanoma patients. G Representative histogram of flow cytometric analysis of MCL1, BCL2, and BCLXL expression induced by the labeled cytokines in MDSCs, gated as shown in F . Data in G are representative graphs from 10 separate melanoma patients (Supplementary Fig. ), comparing the labeled fluorochrome conjugated antibody to the corresponding fluorescence minus one (FMO) staining control. Y-axis values are normalized to the cell count in each sample. X-axis label includes antibody specificity and fluorochrome conjugate. # indicates cells expressing the MDSC transcriptional profile.
Article Snippet: For mouse studies with MCL1 knock down lines, B16.F10 and YUMM1.7 sh Control or sh MCL1 stable cell lines were created using shRNA lentiviral particles (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Dallas, TX, USA).
Techniques: Expressing, Labeling, Fluorescence, Staining, Control, Cell Counting